The Opinionless Authors Series Podcast: Kenn Bivins
The Opinionless Authors series is our new (hopefully) monthly podcast program dedicated to talking with up-and-coming writers about what fuels their creative process and what drives their work. Listen in to a one-on-one, spoiler-free discussion centered on each author’s novels and the themes that they invoke.
First up is Kenn Bivins, the author of the Opinionless Virtual Bookclub’s official selection for the month of June 2011, PIOUS. If you’re not a member of the club, what are you waiting for? Kenn will be dropping in to participate in a live discussion with club members about the novel during our June 28th meeting. Signing up is easy and free via the GoodReads website. More information about joining the club can be found here. Send us a message or leave a comment below if you run into any trouble.
In addition to the podcast and the live discussion, we’re also giving away a copy of the novel to one randomly lucky commenter below. Be sure to leave a valid email address when commenting or we’ll have no way to contact you in the event that you win. Your email address will NOT be visible to others and will NOT be resold or used in any other way. We promise.
For more information about the novel you can read our spoiler-free review by clicking here or you can visit the official PIOUS website by clicking here.
Kenn Bivins was born in Macon, Georgia in 1970. He worked as a layout artist and painter before evolving into a freelance illustrator who worked in many mediums that included comic books, magazines, and animation. Eventually his reach evolved into interactive media, developing websites and online animation.
Presently, Kenn works at an advertising agency as an Art Director, overseeing design and execution of websites and applications. Even though his background is layered in the arts, Kenn has always been a writer.
He states, “Even if I’m simply illustrating a cat, there is a story in my head about that cat – how he moves, why his tail is so bushy, whether he sleeps on a windowsill or under a bed, and so on. Words aren’t the only means to tell a story. I like to think of myself as a modern day griot. A griot is a member of a certain social distinction in western Africa whose primary function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or the village. This person would use song, dance, poems, or whatever to do so. Parallel to that, I use pictures, words, code, or whatever tools necessary to articulate my own narrative.”
Kenn currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his two sons. You can follow his random bits almost daily at his blog and he is already at work, writing his next exciting tale. PIOUS is his first novel.
Podcast: Download (Duration: 28:00 — 25.6MB)
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